Auction No. 37 Saturday, 24 October 2026 / 11:00 am start

Italy & Italian PO's Abroad 1862-1964 MUH/MLH in 2 ...

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Lot Details

Italy & Italian PO's Abroad 1862-1964 MUH/MLH in 2 vols with 1862 20¢, 40¢, 80¢ imperfs, 2¢ Newspaper in 2 shades, 1863 15¢ litho also in 2 shades, 10¢ yellow unused (Cat. £300 thus), 1870 2l magenta & blue PD (Cat. £70), 1875 Officials (excl 5l), 1879/82 10¢ (Cat. £600 but creased), 20¢ (Cat. £550, off centre), 30¢ (Cat. £190), 50¢ & 2l, 1884/86 10¢ Parcel Post (Cat. £170), 1899 40¢, 60¢, 1l & 5l, 1890 "10" on 2¢ PD MLH (Cat. £150), Parcel Post 2¢ surcharges on 50¢ to 1l70 (Cat. £175), 1891/97 to 5l (excl 20¢), 1901 to 5l incl off centre 25¢ (2) & 50¢ mauve, 1903 25¢ Express, 1905 15¢ on 20¢ (Cat. £100) & 1910 Plebiscite in Naples & Sicily 10l defin plus 1911 Jubilee incl both 2¢ perfs plus 1917/24 set of 8, 1917 25¢ & 1920 50¢ Express. Continues with 1923 Black Shirt Fund, 1924 Trade Propaganda, 1925/27 New Colours (10), plus all Pneumatic Post issues, 1926 Airs (Cat. £150) & 1926, 1928 & 1930 National Defence issues plus 1928 Duke of Savoy set of 10, 1930 Virgil (Cat. £325), 1931 St Antony (excl 20¢), 1952 Dante Airs, Garibaldi (Cat. £190), March on Rome, 1933 Zeppelin (Cat. £130) & Balbo Flight strips, 1934 Military Medal & 1935 Bellini Airs with 9 of the 11. Finally 1936 Horace (excl 60¢, 5l Airs), 1937 Famous Italians, 1945/48 100l MLH, 1949 Biennale, UPU, Recovery, Concessional Post, Volta, 1950 UNESCO, Holy Year, 1950 Provincial Occupations & 1951 Tuscan Stamp Centenary before Milan Fair, 1951 Gym Festival, Montecassino 55l (Cat. £130), Verdi & 1952 Milan Fair & 1955/79 Parcel Post. Then continues on to 1964 with no 1961 "Visits" but otherwise close to complete. The PO's Abroad Cat. £1700 covering China, Crete, Turkish Empire, Albania, Constantinople, Durazzo, Janina, Jerusalem, Salonika, Scutari, Smyrna & Valona with usual mixed centring. Total cat. £30,000+ but see individual lots in this sale for extracted items from this collection. (1280) (JC)